Sweet 16 Preview

Wow! Thanks to the fine bartenders at Rags in Quincy and a very good weekend of college basketball, TheBostonInsider is extremly exhausted and ready to unveil his updated picks for the NCAA Tournament. With the Second Round coming to a close tonight, I have nine teams alive heading into the second weekend, including three of my Final Four teams. My national championship game of UNC-UCLA is still breathing, much better than most years when I say goodbye to one of my finalists in the first weekend. Here are the updated picks: EAST 1. North Carolina over 4. Washington State 3. Louisville over 2. Tennessee 1. North Carolina over 3. Louisville MIDWEST 1. Kansas over 12. Villanova 3. Wisconsin over 10. Davidson 1. Kansas over 3. Wisconsin WEST 1. UCLA over 12. Western Kentucky 7. West Virginia over 3. Xavier 1. UCLA over 7. West Virginia SOUTH 5. Michigan State over 1. Memphis 2. Texas over 3. Stanford 2. Texas over 5. Michigan State FINAL FOUR North Carolina over Kansas UCLA over Texas NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP North Carolina over UCLA